The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-28
THE PLANTATIONS
OF TIE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.

OF 'l,ITE TnNyFu &tycsy,o,,.,,,
IN - - - y i"' A' 1'iesissirfl' 'Ii's''s7'i.ritfl
! aA3a09 - 49, is grY
How They Arc Worked Liability Of Crops
10 Damnre from ov.r,,,v. -c,n,,,
l So, - 80 = :" e'""'' '''
s'oa =, '"o ''e. i'aporefs M"
l 3ad Their Compensation.
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I speei,l c,,r,,,ond,a., NJ "a, ,,.,,,,.,...
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N",' too. I'LL my laat
ioAef PROMISED 70 write yon something
In regard to plantation lie in this part Of
tho eouth. This parish Ia ono ~ ~.
o,,,,v;., na,;a,,o. ~ ..,.,... ~, :, NV
H "' p"',aAo' VI H'o'staha. ihe anu
vial region le, as you know, the low lying
country that borders the lIssiasippi river
and its tributaries. and that vas io,mod
Inv .ha don,,;,, NJ o,o,anm, =. .,sA',' Aou
~ 'no o'po''.e VI o'oiiio"' 'n tne past,
aao thas mas eeea KEPT such by con.
tlnuanco Of said ovoIlloTs. Tho whole
country below Mamnh;s IA m,re .. ,o,,
o,,r,;., IFxo,n, =, - 80. A,.r 1o''
aAu'ia'. ,,. A,HI.p' 90 W aolne oiun lorna
nons II 10 oil liable to overtlows. This Is
tho Nile region Of our country. The
Mississsipp; river. like tha Nil, r;,o, 4,
far of lsttudes. and Jra;nu m nrea ,eS ao raat a
thet tho only wonder ia that the W ~. s"s; at
man ia at all capable of reclaim;no nIS ,hosa ~.
alluyial lands from its awollen tlood. 'IvS5 on5
reducing them 10 cultivation Evor ,,rna -ua
the French Bsttled the lower Ni;sa;..;na;
country the tlllers Of the soil haya + lan pp,
contendinp with these flooda Ana DI'M tN;a
contest Of one hundred and | nsvarIv NV roa.s ea.s
IA still going on. An wr;to thcso iS"so ,;man
1.-The vrest river In swnl]inr highe. "1 anJ
higher, and again threatcus to e Come "mt ont
Of its banks and deluee the lands AZ n bas bas
30 often done before. Ib@ 81.
You VINO !iye IN me deep valley Of the
Iow % ,v;nr Sau m sitn.t;nn t;ohhy hn9y appreciate the
are only about COO feet above thu IovsI v I1d ~
the Gulf. Your great river is only one Of
the many tributaries OF this "lather Of
@ i,am 10 ~ Ai1ooh0noo @ ~, a. tha unGp ma.e.s now
ta;na Hara "a aro oMr w f f,i.u uIS iaS, inoun.
tLa Grjf i;no Tho % WY ,rt to,a Ivy , Iess apoYe
fnr Ito art;fcia, an mhonhno,ts mo touny, wv
M M ;nd;st;na I'D h Geu shIo nas. e ~ Eouta DO
IN, IN ON an oyaranw 'o 1''' u s''s' ou1i ouf'
s;,h;. Ha ~ tha no%i a,i,,r;,, ,,.;
,ba Inwo. 40 t1a Tavm. ~ a. gG,Ja u louisiana
dai,n nI ao"ei NJ hsyps ~ tue o!ea S.stes, tue
easa w. ,ut, ~ tne s.sas aeiicSa Nlo where
snnJs no Iatn ~ n;,oa - ;ron ~ s9ia pfoGss tnou
u ~ W;o.nms 4 s' to .na ene vasys 81 tne Onio,
nao,an sno asb sba .,.ae,. !ne 0umgersnu tne Ten
nsssue' :ne hHansae, W1a, a1u numerous other
auu's1.s na.nS a Lsi "onaer .nAs OUT Of such
stoauAu g.o" aIt ". auAuiisn' Crops o. sugar
nu uo',a ,nn,srra.na ~ v"psty ~ ptoauce Is
e;o.p s;;mp ossu' aSIa 1.ea he1t" iiete two genera
s,ons i, VI pcople nave sa!seu cotton ttlllng
my @ .ano yesr aiset yesf IN Tue most waste.
nauan lat WY, "uu yes ~ ss''i psoaucss pale OF
'o''oiA W slo acte' aI ~
.-u PLANTATION LIFE.
You can easily understand that nIsnta.
finn l,fe in n country l;Lo th;a a;U.,. @ s"
-h.t 80. 49, ~ us' ' NoAo soue-
"na' ifona tlo same llle IN the higher
lands OF the South. Hero the whole coun.
| try is go intersscted with email rivera and
havons thet the n}antotiors fsoo 80.
XIV waters and dn ~ Snrs,a t"su a,,t aloue
lido aras. l;iro tha sn,a,op opt ~" oau ". oyel
hoarJ ~ I;to fsrn,. that 4so "a q Jischer
the Ohio Valley. Thew ara va al 1I'a a,s,n asom
iend Onoa thay vow III aros.,1a o nhanp
awcmn t;mher and hcJ ~ Is ~ W "i.a |
dense ,soods had to ha ,ainaj hv as d;tahao ts VI
and had 10 hba dafendoJ frnn, auo,n, ~ uitsnsa,
the hriId;ng of Iavena irba ;uJrnay ;Jvm ~
n do th;s wae the r;ch,es. of the sSinsns sa;I s
tba nrof;Is ~ eIeva ,ahnr IN y, ra;o; . So.l aau
ond enuar Tana thms r,cIa;,n ad cn s9''on
dnceJ @ r. t,,,sca wes ~ scor,S hafore nu auu se
on hundrad So,,ars Lave ".A M. oosa us.oie tue wa!
raiaa a hole ~ cotto,, te 4ha ecra ond mJuiu WY
of cotton we worth fortv tn TOD ift d do,,,su Dse
1Aiter th;a ,ono,ranh;col ow1,ount;n us.
.~f - AtA*AuAtAVI
conntrv vas end st;l, 10 Sn.r.a1,' n.J a..uva, t.
bv white neonle. Their nonnlntInn ;o.a,su ;s "onl
fined To tho whita nlanter's iam;iu ~ anJ I9n ~
the nerroes Who wnrt for % him "1n Nv "
njantst;nn NJ one thnnaa,d acras A., W
one wh;ls family and sav f;ftv ia fan,;i;ae ,i;ao ~
nagroes The 1eyt nIantarS ba,sa bea VI
mia ar txo avav. as von coma ~ u tha
river on hoat yon see these horses " 1t .i.o tho
nlantaru aonL.d m a;thar L'oS a;Ia b, VI sne
cabins Of Their nesro % laborers oe TSsv ny .re are
strnnc ] NJ, nm IN AMI % dnnn Ate tha .;,a nmsy ais
vet close enough together to LOOK ike a
village. They. oil liye within sound of
9,a shg nls plah.a,lon Gsis that IS rung at five
% Thee a. plantations sIu f have names IL. III.
lagssin the upper country. This one Of Col.
Alex. CGnpbellB is called "Roselsnd."
thos, hoss " ssem na'o s.ole ana many Of
off;cc and ia The nlaca nn % 10 n ,,ian,o tnp ros.
whers Tho Ia hoyara ers Md nj IF p,".se.,un
weeks whara they cot tba;r o,,mrj;, ,S,H wv
not;ons and sncb ,;ttIa ron;, oupptlee ul,e. VI
their crude intelectr,al s.atna caIis ises ~. No
In tho dsys Of slsvo1v ~ thar sa.ss Nosn ,os' ~
nlantations stores snch ns eIiet now %'tT Tharo m
wan q wareroom whenca, ennnI;e. Ims.e 'mare
piven ont once weet Thapgpa' ThppNes s,nni;o, mTie
coussted Of fonr and one.hnlf nonnJa uuppieS ai
norI ner canita q neck of meel pouuus os W u,
eouiyalent smonnt Of % fonr and o, sona VI solt ~
oniona ec The ration is ths @ punt' ana ,,"u s".'
onIy The darkey navs for what boz ha gata = njm' w.